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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Solovetskiy

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Solovetskiy, Russia

Updated October 20, 2016

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A stone labyrinth on Bolshoi Zayatsky Island.

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Bolshoi Zayatsky Island

No one knows why ancient labyrinths were built on this tiny northern island.

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Monastery, army base, and infamous Soviet Gulag in the far Russian north.
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